Should Polygamy be legal?

I don't see any problem with people entering into a polygamous relationship if they feel that it is healthy for them. These relationships don't pose
any visible harm to anyone involved or to society as a whole, so I say go for it if it's your thing.

Are you from another planet? Your posts in this thread simply do not make any sense whatsoever. A guy having 3, 4, or 7 wives is not going to lead to
mayhem, and you certainly have no proof to substantiate your contention.

Originally posted by MJZoo
The only sticking point for me would be something like insurance benefits. I could care less if someone has more than one wife but I would say only
the first wife should be able to be covered under a work funded insurance plan.

but that wouldn't promote equality amoung the wives, now would it???
it would be better if well......the just started seeing men and women equal in the workforce, if you want insurance, or whatever, you go to work
yourself and earn it....
oh, and maybe we shouldn't be talking polygamy here but rather, multiple spouses, since america is the land of freedom and equality, and most
certainly if you allow men to have more than one wife, in time, some of the women will want more than one husband, and well, chances are they would
get that right, in the name of equality.....
so, how would all you men feel about sharing your wife with another, and when she gets knocked up, well, the child, by law, is considered to have five
fathers, five fathers eligible for child support if the family falls apart???

Originally posted by catwhoknowsplusone
If men and women had multiple partners it would lead to jealousy, inbreeding, murder and mayhem.
If women wanted it, it would all turn to mayhem.
And if it was made legal worldwide, it would be legal for everyone. And it would lead to what I said earlier.

If ?
Sorry to break it to you but this is the real world.
married or not, with your approval or not, relationships are
a part of life.
No one is asking to make it legal ! !
The controversy is, someone wants to make them
illegal and have it as a criminal offense. Lol
In that case everything would end up being illegal.

Why in hell should anyone trust anything that bleeds for more than three days and lives to tell about it, let alone have more than one of them ???
LOL

Ok Joke's over. I truly believe that polygamy should not even be in the law's radar at all. Nothing about it should be illegal. As long as all is
between consenting adults and the resulting children do not suffer from the situation......

Now, the true problem is when the resulting kids eventually start inbreeding....It's such a closed society that people do not explore outside the
circle.

You clearly have no idea what polygamy is. It is an agreed upon marriage with multiple partners. No one gets pissed since it is AGREED upon. There is
no need to sneak around, since consenting adults AGREED to be involved in a multiple partner marriage.

Not interested in this BS. Keep it under wraps because there are others who can't stand women being abused like that, so if its not two couples
sharing, its not right. And two couples sharing isn't a good ideal for children, so not on this planet.

You can marry whoever or whatever you want to, and there are no laws prohibiting you from doing so.

The big problem with the marriage issue is: why should anybody gain any legal advantages by going through the government sanctioned version of
marriage ?

Why should an 'unmarried' couple ( or triple, quadruple or quintuple, if that's your thing

) be discriminated against because they do not wish
to be married in a state-sponsored ceremony ?

Following on from that point, I wonder how many of the ''government should stay out of marriage'' brigade enjoy the legal advantages and perks
that they receive from willingly partaking in a government-endorsed marriage.

Following on from that point, I wonder how many of the ''government should stay out of marriage'' brigade enjoy the legal advantages and perks
that they receive from willingly partaking in a government-endorsed marriage.

Hypocrisy at its finest.

I can tell you I dont.

I'm trying to figure out a way to get her on my insurance without being married though. I even tried to get a civil union so she could get on the
insurance without having to ask for marriage permission but since we're hetero we cant get that.

I was all set to do it years ago until I found out I had to ask for permission. That just killed the whole thing for me.

For religious purposes the gov is essentially out of marriage but Ive never been religious. I just want my household to be treated like a household.
Maybe we can incorporate as an LLC or something?

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